The effect of melatonin on the formation of gastric stress lesions in rats.
Prior melatonin administration (1,5 and 10 mg/kg b. wt) causes a significant reduction in gastric ulceration induced in male rats by restraint immobilization in the presence of low temperatures.
Khan
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R
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Burton
S
S
Morley
S
S
Daya
S
S
Potgieter
B
B
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D008550:Melatonin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications*
D008550:Melatonin